Investigate Houston Police Department Flock implementation
Locality recursion target for Houston Police Department in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Metadata
| StarIntel ID | starintel:investigation-target:aos015508:locality |
|---|---|
| Dataset | flock-safety-national-state-locality-seed-2026-07-25 |
| Schema | 0.9.0 |
| Version | 1 |
| Updated | 2026-07-25T17:58:54-04:00 |
Type-specific data
- Actor
starintel-auto-dig
- Breadth
10- Depth
2- Max Depth
3- Objectives
Find contracts, purchase orders, grants, renewals, prices, and resellers
Identify officials, administrators, records staff, vendor personnel, and lobbyists
Obtain policy, retention, sharing, user rosters, audits, misuse investigations, and termination records
- Priority
0.72- Query
"Houston Police Department" "Flock Safety" contract purchase council policy audit lobbyist
- Required Dtypes
org
person
relation
contract
procurement
lobbying-filing
policy
event
analysis
investigation-target
- Research Question
Who implemented, funded, approved, administered, audited, renewed, opposed, or terminated Flock Safety at Houston Police Department, and what sharing relationships exist?
- Scope Type
locality
- Score
0.72- Seed Ids
starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:tx
starintel:org:flock-safety
starintel:source:atlas-of-surveillance-alpr-export-2026-07-25
- Selection Reason
The Houston Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
- Status
queued
- Target
Houston Police Department Flock Safety implementation
- Target Type
local-government-or-law-enforcement-implementation
Assessment
- Confidence
0.82- Priority
0.72
Verification
- Status
atlas-indexed-lead
- Verified
False
Handling
- Pii
False- Sensitive
False- Visibility
public
Workflow
- Max Depth
3- Priority
0.72- Queue
flock-locality-tx
- Recursion Depth
2- Research Status
queued
- Root Target Id
starintel:investigation-target:flock-national
- Selected From
starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:tx
Geospatial
- City
Houston
- Country
United States
- Country Code
US
- County
Harris County
- Jurisdiction
Houston, Harris County, Texas
- State
Texas
Extensions
- Starintel.Atlas Seed
- Agency
Houston Police Department
- Aos Number
AOS015508
- Atlas Summary
The Houston Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
- City
Houston
- County
Harris County
- Ori9
TXHPD0000ALPR
- State Code
TX
Related records
Sources
- Atlas of Surveillance ALPR searchElectronic Frontier Foundation
- Caldwell County
Generated Org node
Download Org sourceRaw JSON
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